A.C. Casino Applications, Jobs & Careers: Jobs

Get all the information you need to choose a career, find a job, write a resume or cover letter and so much more! This guide provides a sampling of the materials available on this subject. To view more visit the library or browse the catalog.

Best Job Search Sites

One of the largest employment network for employers, recruiters and job seekers. This site works with major newspaper markets to list jobs locally and nationally. Find jobs, post resumes and get advice on the job search process.

For those looking for a new job, real information about salaries and workplace environments can be nearly impossible to find. Glassdoor offers a free insiders' look at more than 28,000 companies with salary details, company reviews, and interview questions — all posted anonymously by employees and job seekers.

This job search engine includes millions of job listings from thousands of web sites, including company career pages, job boards, newspaper classifieds, and associations. Job seekers may also search for job trends and salaries, participate in discussion forums, and research companies.

Monster is now the largest online jobs database with more than 400,000 job opportunities, in the U. S. as well as internationally (now includes Hot Jobs). You can search by company name, location, discipline, industry, job title, or a combination of these.

VetJobs is the leading Internet niche job board catering to the 10.5 million military veterans currently in the work force, as well as those transitioning from the military to the civilian workforce. VetJobs has received the WEDDLE's User's Choice Award every year since 2004, making it one of the Top 30 career sites on the Internet.

Premium eResources

Getting an eMail Address and Uploading Resumes to eMail

Yahoo doesn’t require a code sent as a text message to a cell phone; Gmail does.
Go to the following website: www.yahoo.com
Go to the mail icon in the upper right hand side of the page.
Create new account.
Choose a username and password that is unique to you. Passwords need to be at least eight characters.
Write down your Yahoo Ids and passwords and keep them in a safe place.
Once all of the personal information has been entered, click “Create my account.”

To upload your resume to an online application, you first need to download your document as a PDF file or a Microsoft Word file. The file type you need to download will depend on what the employer is requesting.

With your resume open, click the Download button for the appropriate format--Word or PDF. Now you should see a message "Your document is ready for download." Click the "Click Here" link. A new window will open that asks if you'd like to Open or Save your document. Select the Save option and chose a location on your computer to save the file--e.g. the desktop so that its easy to find. Now that the document is saved to your computer, you can upload it to the application. Click the Browse button on the application's upload page to display your computer files. Then, double click on the file that you wish to upload.

Government Job Resources

Jobs4jersey is a quick and easy portal from the US Dept of Labor. Jobs4Jersey’s OnRamp job search tool analyzes and compares your resume to the resumes of thousands of successful job-seekers in order to bring you successful job searches, and career transitions. OnRamp also provides customized, real-time, job leads, . In a hurry? -- upload or paste an existing resume onto OnRamp and it can analyze your resume and suggest additional skills and qualifications that you may not have considered. If you don't have a resume yet, then let OnRamp help; writing is not required – instead, OnRamp interviews you and suggests skills and job function descriptions you may not have thought to include that highlight your unique skills. OnRamp also ensures that your resume includes key words and phrases that employers look for in resumes.

1201 New RoadCornerstone Commerce CenterLinwood, NJ 08221Displaced Homemakers ServicesPhone: (609) 601-9925Offers services related to the loss of income due to the sudden disability of a partner, separation, divorce or widowhood. Counselors are available to guide women back into the workforce.

A number of resources and tools are available online to help the unemployed, providing career tips, networking opportunities, and workshops and databases to enhance professional skills and help in job searching efforts..

This site provides a single access point - open 24-7 - to key federal programs and local resources to help people find a job, identify training programs, and obtain new skills in growing industries.

Casino Job Loss

Are you out of work or need help refreshing your job searching skills?

The Walk-In Job Skills Lab This lab provides assistance to Atlantic City Library members who need help with job

related tasks, such as job searches on the web, updating a resume, creating an email address, and completing an online employment application. Staff members will guide you through these tasks, but we are unable to enterpersonal information.

WHEN: Wednesdays from 2 to 4 p.m. in the 2nd floor Meeting Room

Nov. 19, 26 and Dec. 3, 10, 17, 31

Catholic Charities Casino Closings Hotline
In an effort to assist the many people impacted by the casino closings, Catholic Charities has formed a response team that can be reached by calling 856.342.4145. Case managers will assist those eligible for help and will direct others to agencies that may be of assistance. Catholic Charities has also created an Atlantic City Casino Closing Resources page on their website that provides information about local resources.

I Lost My Job.com is an e-resource for people coping with and recovering from job loss, and provides both articles and links to job loss recovery resources. There are articles about coping with job loss, getting started with a job search, starting a resume or updating your current resume, and more.

Books Not to Miss

In 5 Steps to Rapid Employment, veteran career expert Jay Block reveals his proven system for fi nding and getting the job you want, whether you're just out of college or transitioning into a new career. Follow Block's simple process to:
Manage fear and negative emotions that impede success
Define clear job and career goals
Create high-impact self-marketing tools
Develop strategic action plans that will become the job seeker's GPS to the next job.
Take action and master self-marketing skills
"A true A-to-Z approach to landing the job of your choice regardless of market conditions."

Aimed at workers aged 50+ looking for a new job—whether they have been laid off or taken early retirement, need supplemental income, or want to pursue an encore career—Great Jobs for Everyone 50+ is the definitive guide to finding financial security and personal and professional fulfillment. Opportunities abound—the trick is knowing where to look and what to expect. Whether readers are interested in trying jobs they've long dreamed of doing, or just want something with flexible hours that brings in a little extra income, this book covers all the options. Presenting the nitty-gritty details of available job opportunities, wages to expect, typical hours, and the qualifications and savvy needed to get hired, the book is loaded with practical advice on how to prepare both professionally and financially to start out on a new adventure.

Publication Date: The job search checklist : everything you need to know to get back to work after a layoff

With the proven tips and tactics featured in this book, you'll learn how to turn your loss into opportunity and find another job fast. This indispensable guide covers everything from dealing with the emotional impact of being laid off to rebuilding your professional identity. You'll get solid advice on: developing a career plan by taking stock of your experience, abilities, and goals; crafting an effective resume and building Internet-friendly documents; creating a "personal marketing plan" to promote yourself to potential employers; and finding the hidden job market through in-person and online networking. Downloadable templates, sample cover letters, a range of effective resume formats, and even job search correspondence will help you customize your efforts. Helpful checklists throughout the book will get you on the right track and keep you there.

In order to tailor his authoritative guide to the current job- market, Bolles not only updates the book each year, but he also reconceives it, reinvents it, and rewrites it, so that one year’s edition is often vastly different from the previous year, and that is the case with the 2013 edition. Inventions in the book this year include a brand-new transferable skills grid, a novel way to discover what fields you would most like to work in, and a revamped version of his famed self-inventory instrument, the Flower Exercise. With new insights into resumes, networking, interviewing, and social media, What Color Is Your Parachute? has everything you need to dust off your motivation and find your dream job.